Our Daily War

Our Daily War

By Andrey Kurkov

Genre:-Russian Historical Biographies

Pages:-336

Blurb:-"For centuries, attempts have been made to force Ukrainians to forget their native language, to stop singing Ukrainian songs and to abandon their history. For almost 400 year, Russia has been fighting against Ukrainian identity."

 Ten years on from the annexation of Crimea, Two years on from Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian people continue to fight back. In the second volume of his war diaries, Andrey Kurkov gives a fresh perspective on a people for whom resistance and solidarity have become a matter of survival.

 Our Daily War is a chronological record of the heterogeneous mix that comprises Ukrainian life and thought in the teeth of Russian aggression, from the constant stress of air raids, the deportation of citizens from the occupied regions and the whispers of governmental corruption to Christmas celebrations, crowdfunding and the recipe for a "trench candle".

 Kurkov's human's-eye view on the war in Ukraine is by turns bitingly satirical, tragic, humorous and heartfelt. It is also, in the manner of Pepys, an invaluable insight into the history, politics and culture of Ukraine. Our Daily War is the ideal primer for anyone who would like to know what life is like in that country today.

"Audrey Kurkov is one of the most articulate ambassadors to the West for the situation in his homeland." Sam Leith, Spectator

"Immediate and important...From the grim incredulity at Russians massing on the border to the displacement of millions of people, this is an insider's account of how an ordinary life became extraordinary. It is also about survival, hope and humanity," Helen Davies, The Times

 "Ukraine's greatest novelist is fighting for his country," Giles Harvey, New York Times

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My Review:-This is a book filled with some much, some I knew but other parts I didn't. Within this book you will read about Ukrainian history culture and how people look at them. For many years there has been attempts to force Ukrainians to forget their native language, including the songs that they have been singing and been past down through family to family. As well as the past it also looks at the present, Russian invasion of Crimean in 2014 to life how it is now for the Ukraine since 2022 and Putin. 

 I read the book over a few days, and I have to say it is emotional in parts, especially how they are treating the POW, but Putin has lied and convinced so many people/soldiers that the Ukrainians will treat them badly. 

There is so much in this book that you have to read it yourself to appreciate just how much work  and detail Kurkov has put into it.